Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History
Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History

Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History

2013 1 Seasons 3 Episodes ⭐ 5.0 Documentary

Lucy Worsley, chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces, explores how the physical and mental health of our past monarchs has shaped the history of the nation.

Lucy Worsley, chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces, explores how the physical and mental health of our past monarchs has shaped the history of the nation.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Tudors to Stuarts: From Gods to Men

Lucy looks back to the monarchs who were reigning in the Tudor and Stuart dynasties.

EP 2

Bad Blood: Stuarts to Hanoverians

Lucy takes a look at the medical histories of the later Stuarts, from the exile of James II and the succession of Willia

EP 3

Happy Families: Hanoverians to Windsors

Lucy concludes her investigation into the medical histories of the royal family by taking a look at Queen Victoria and h

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Lucy Worsley
Lucy Worsley
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